Read about Andrew Jackson's animosity toward the Second Bank of the United States and some reasons for his feelings. Was his veto of the Recharter Bill good for the country? Take the little survey to express your views.

Read about the frustration the Radical Republicans in Congress had with the Reconstruction plans of Andrew Johnson. Find out what legislation they were able to pass over Johnson's veto, and how they attempted to protect emancipated...

A good look at the philosophy of the Quakers who colonized William Penn's religious refuge in the colony of Pennsylvania. Read about Penn's liberal views about government, religious freedom, and relations with Native Americans.

This is the full-text ebook of A Passage to India by E. M. Forster available to read online or download. Includes a brief biography of the author.

Read about the communities, often religious, that strove to be a Utopia, a perfect place where man's natural goodness would provide a good life. Several Utopian communities were spread across the East and Midwest.

An exercise where students read six sets of sentences and combine each set into one sentence containing only one independent clause. Answers are typed into a box, and then students can check their work against the suggested answers to...

Daily Teaching Tools provides nineteen reading response prompts for fiction and six reading response prompts for nonfiction. W.11-12.9a Amer Lit 18th,19th, 20th cen/Analy

As the American population became more literate, there was more available to read. See how newspapers adapted to the thirst for news and other topics, and read about the new magazines that reached a reading public.

The American soldiers returning from World War I had a huge impact on the economy. Read about President Truman's domestic policies and find out about the surprise of the election of 1948.

Philadelphia was the colony of Pennsylvania forsome time. Read about what William Penn's vision was for the city and why the city became so important.

Read about how the fabric of the nation was changed during the Great Depression. See how the institutions of life--marriage, birth rates, education, public health--all saw disruption because of the compromised economy.

Radio created a mass entertainment culture that could bridge the gap between those in California and those in New York. Read about the advent of radio stations, and the companies that owned them. See why the federal government had to...

Read about the difference it made when the United States finally entered World War I. Find out about the impact of the American Expeditionary Force, and the major battles in which they fought.

President Wilson's claim, "he kept us out of war," did not last. Read about the increasing number of reasons for American to declare war against Germany. See why war was finally declared in April, 1917.

Read about the annexation of Hawaii and how it was an on-and-off-and-on policy. See the influence of the American planters in the governmental workings of the Hawaiian monarchy.

Find out about the terms of the Treaty of Paris, 1763, which brought an end to the French and Indian War. See how Spain fit into the treaty and read about the colonists' views of the British soldiers at the end of the war.

Read about the vision of Robert E. Lee as he led his troops north in the Gettysburg Campaign. A brief overview of the Battle of Gettysburg discusses the major parts of the battle and explains why the outcome of the battle was so...

Read about the ways some slaves gained their freedom and where they often lived once free.

Problems with the new government of the United States led to rethinking the rules of governing. Read a brief overview of what the results were.

Read about the technological advances that brought on the information age at the beginning of the 21st century. The internet, e-mail, and the spread of fiber-optic cables revolutionized the amount of information available to the ordinary...

Plantation life was a dichotomy between rich and poor, land owners and laborers. Read about the life of the rich plantation owners and their families. See how the role of women was different on the plantations.

"My Side of the Mountain", is a Newbery Honor, by Jean Craighead George. This book is about Sam Gribley's adventure in the Catskill Mountains. The novel's themes are nature, independence, survival, and adventure. Make the smart choice by...

Home of George Read, signer of the Declaration of Independence and advocate for Delaware's earliest ratification.